Civil Engineer - Stormwater

City of Savannah • Savannah, GA

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

This position performs professional civil and water resources engineering work associated with the development, calibration, maintenance, evaluation, and review of hydrologic and hydraulic models for the City’s drainage basins and stormwater management system. The position uses modeling, geospatial data, field information, and engineering analysis to support drainage basin studies, capital improvement planning and design, development review, flood-risk evaluation, regulatory compliance, emergency response, asset management, and long-range stormwater planning.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Biosystems/Agricultural Engineering, or a closely related engineering field from an accredited college or university
• Two (2) years of progressively responsible experience in hydrology, hydraulics, stormwater management, drainage design, floodplain analysis, or water resources modeling
• Experience developing or reviewing hydrologic and hydraulic models using one or more industry-standard platforms such as EPA SWMM, PCSWMM, InfoWorks ICM, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, ICPR, HydroCAD, or comparable software is required.
• Experience with GIS and geospatial data analysis is required.
• Must possess and maintain a valid state driver’s license with an acceptable driving history.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with coastal or tidal drainage systems, pump stations, flood-inundation mapping, scripting, or model automation is preferred.
• Registration as an Engineer in Training (EIT) in the State of Georgia, or the ability to obtain Georgia EIT registration within twelve (12) months of employment, is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops, updates, calibrates, validates, and maintains hydrologic and hydraulic models of the City’s drainage basins and stormwater system, including pipes, inlets, manholes, culverts, canals, ditches, ponds, pump stations, tide gates, outfalls, and receiving waters.
• Performs rainfall-runoff, open-channel, closed-conduit, storage, pump, tidal-boundary, and flood-inundation analyses using industry-standard modeling software and accepted engineering methods.
• Compiles, evaluates, and quality-checks model input data from GIS, LiDAR, surveys, record drawings, construction plans, field measurements, inspection records, rain and water-level monitoring, tidal data, maintenance records, and documented flood events.
• Calibrates and validates models using observed rainfall, water-level, flow, tidal, and flooding data; documents assumptions, limitations, sensitivity analyses, and model performance.
• Simulates existing and future conditions, including design storms, land-use changes, redevelopment, sea-level rise, tidal conditions, infrastructure failures, and proposed capital improvements.
• Identifies drainage system deficiencies, hydraulic bottlenecks, recurring street and structural flooding risks, and areas requiring additional field investigation, maintenance, rehabilitation, or capital improvement.
• Develops and evaluates conceptual alternatives for stormwater improvements; assists with preliminary sizing, benefit assessment, project scoping, cost estimating, prioritization, and grant justification.
• Reviews drainage studies, hydrology and hydraulic calculations, computer models, technical memoranda, and other engineering documents prepared by consultants and private developers for methodology, accuracy, completeness, consistency, and compliance with applicable City standards and regulations.
• Provides technical modeling support for development review and evaluates potential upstream, downstream, and cumulative impacts of proposed development and redevelopment.
• Establishes and maintains model-management procedures, including file organization, version control, naming conventions, metadata, quality assurance/quality control, documentation standards, and data retention requirements.
• Coordinates field investigations and monitoring activities needed to improve model accuracy, including surveys, condition assessments, flow and level monitoring, rain-gauge deployment, and post-storm observations.
• Prepares technical reports, maps, flood-depth and duration exhibits, model documentation, dashboards, presentations, and recommendations for City staff, management, elected officials, regulatory agencies, consultants, developers, and the public.
• Develops scopes of work, cost estimates, schedules, and technical requirements for consultant-led basin studies and modeling assignments; reviews consultant progress and deliverables.
• Supports compliance with the City’s MS4 permit and other applicable federal, state, and local stormwater, floodplain, water quality, and resilience requirements; provides technical information for grant applications and regulatory coordination.
• Provides modeling support before, during, and after significant rainfall, tropical weather, tidal, or flooding events; assists with rapid assessments and post-event documentation.
• Coordinates with Stormwater Operations and Maintenance, Stormwater Capital Projects, Water Resources Planning and Engineering, Development Services, Planning, GIS, Emergency Management, Transportation, and other departments to integrate model results into operational and capital decisions.
• Provides technical guidance and training to City staff on model use, interpretation, data collection, and documentation practices.
• Investigates drainage complaints and service requests when engineering analysis or modeling is needed and prepares findings and recommendations.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Background investigation, including a supervised drug screen, post-offer/pre-employment medical screen, and verification of education, certifications, and licenses, are required prior to employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level